Is Seiko Kinetic Bad Or Is It Just Old Technology?
Feb 12, 2022 · With my interest now peaked I started researching the watch and came across quite a few Seiko Kinetics of all types, many of which were priced fairly low for what seem to be decent watches. My question is; are the kinetic watches bad? I understand the technology is kind of strange and maybe dated, but why so cheap?
21 year old Seiko Kinetic stopped working, how easy to fix?
Oct 15, 2020 · If the Kinetic movement still works, I would suspect in the hands of a pro watch tinkerer and with the abundance of stems and crowns around (Troll through Cousins Watch parts) something could be done to keep it active.
Seiko Kinetic troubles - WatchUSeek Watch Forums
Mar 7, 2019 · I have had a new Seiko Kinetic for a little over a year, and it has been working fine. Perhaps this is unrelated, but I had occasion to leave it unworn for close to a week and now when I wear it the watch won't charge fully and will stop if left for a single day.
Problems with a Seiko Kinetic Watch - Our Everyday Life
Sep 28, 2017 · Seiko Kinetic watches usually come with sapphire crystals and are marked as water resistant without an ATM rating (i.e. how much water can the watch actually resist?). When Seiko Kinetic watches go in for repair and their crystals are removed, water resistance tests are performed and usually fail the test.
Seiko Kinetic stopped dead - The Watch Site
Mar 13, 2024 · It could be any number of things, but an easy first check would be to test the rechargeable battery (i.e., capacitor) voltage, provided you have a multimeter. If it's still charged, then the problem is somewhere in the movement. If it's dead, then for some reason it …
Old Seiko Kinetic stop functioning - [question] - Reddit
Feb 23, 2023 · Highly likely the battery/capacitor has failed and needs a replacement. You're going to want to wear it. I have a couple of kinetic Seikos now and while I don't wear them all the time I will just pull them out of the watch box and gently wave them around for a while to get a charge back on them while I'm sitting around watching TV or whatever.
Seiko Kinetic (Diagnostics) | Seiko Kinetic Repair's UK
Seiko Kinetic watches are designed with a very special circuit that compensates for heavy loads, such as when the Day/Date is changing at midnight or if the watch is knocked as the seconds hand is moving. When a heavy load is encountered the watch switches to high power mode to keep it at the correct time, the power used jumps from 0.7 Micro ...
[SRN047P1] Seiko kinetic issue? : r/Seiko - Reddit
Apr 21, 2023 · Kinetic watches are odd, I prefer automatics or mechanical pieces personally. My guess is your capacitor is shot and needs to be replaced. No idea otherwise. Probably needs a capacitor but you would want to have the movement serviced at the same time since the oil in there is probably shot too.
Seiko Kinetic: won't start with new capacitor | The Watch Site
Nov 29, 2012 · If the capacitor is good and correctly installed, and the generating coil is providing a charge, then the problem is likely to be with the circuit or the stepper rotor coil, either one or both could be dead.
Kinetic With New Capacitor Won’t Fully Charge and Loses Time!
Jun 22, 2024 · a couple of months ago I changed the capacitor in my wife’s Seiko Kinetic with the new style capacitor (genuine Seiko part) and all was fine for a while. Last week she noticed it was losing time! A couple of things I’ve noticed is it never charges to the full 72hours on the indicator anymore and keeps stopping at 48.
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